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J. B. COLLINS.

WATER WHEEL.

No. 326,718. Patented Sept. 22, 1885. 2 0951 1 094 2. j L- a.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFIcE.

JOSEPH B. COLLINS, OF GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN.

WATER-WH EEL.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 826,718, datedSeptember 22, 1885.

Application filed June 15, 1885. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, JosEPH B. CoLLINs, of Grand Rapids, in the county ofKent and State of Michigan, have invented a new and Improved Taterhem,of which the follow ing is a full, clear, and exact description.

The object of my invention is to provide a new and improved water-wheelwhich will utilize to the greatest advantage the force of a current ofwater.

The invention consists in a pair of waterwheels having a commonsluiceway and provided with folding buckets, in a rim which prevents thewaste of water and holds the same in full force on the buckets, and in acasing which protects the folded buckets in returning.

The invention also consists in various parts and details, hereinaftermore fully set forth and described.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming part ofthis specification, in which similar letters of reference indicatecorresponding parts in both the figures.

Figure l is a plan view of my improved water-wheel. Fig. 2 is avertical-crosssection of the same on the line a: w of Fig. 1.

I prefer to combine two or more waterwheels of like construction in sucha manner that both derive their drivingpower from a current of waterwhich enters the sluiceway and divides its force equally to the wheels.

Each of the wheels A A is provided with the buckets B, pivoted to thehub O, which is mounted on the upright shaft D, rotating in suitablebearings on the frame E. The shafts D transmit their movement by beveledgearwheels D D meshing in beveled gear-wheels D D to the shaft D whichis provided with the driving-pulley D.

The sluiceway F is divided by the angular partition Fin such a mannerthat each of the wheels A receives an equal share of the current ofwater when the two hinged gates G G are thrown open. The partition Frounds off into the rims F" F partly encircling the wheels A, holdingthe water thereto and preventing any waste of the water. The casing Hineloses partly the folded returning buckets on the opposite sides andextends over their tops, and is provided with the stationary entrancepartition H,whieh, in connection with the hinged gates G G, directs thecurrent of Water on the buckets B.

The buckets B are provided with the curved hinges forming stops B, andare hinged in such a manner in the annular groove 0 of the hub O thatthey open radially when struck by the force of the current and fold assoon as the water leaves the buckets at the rear, the opening movementbeing limited by the stops B striking the back of the groove 0.

By closing one of the gates G the full force of the water will bedirected against the other wheel.

It will be seen that the force of the current will be exerted againstnearly half of the buckets B of the wheels A, and only ceases to actwhen leaving the buckets B at the rear.

Having thus described my invention,what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is

1. The combination of two or more waterwheels in the same sluiceway, theannular partition F, the rim F, the gates G, the casing H, and thepartition H, all arranged substantially as shown and described.

2. The combination of two or more waterwheels, each provided with thehinged buckets B, having the stops B, the hub 0, having annular groove0, and the shaft D, in combination with the sluieeway F, the angularpartition F, the encircling rims F, the gates G, the casings H, and thepartitions H, substantially as shown and described.

JOSEPH B. COLLINS.

\Vitnesscs:

J OHN J. BELKNAP, T. J. MoRRIsoN.

